Forestry Commission: Grants Mr. Paice To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which grants allocated by the Forestry Commission are (a) not and (b) partially funded by the Rural Development Programme for England; and from which budgets each such grant is funded. Huw Irranca-Davies The following table lists the current and previous grant schemes that are currently administered by the Forestry Commission and for which payments continue to be made. All budget items marked ‘RDPE’ are paid from Axis 2 of the Rural Development Programme for England. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Part RDPE Funding|Budget | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |English Woodland Grant scheme | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Planning Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Assessment Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Regeneration Grant |No |FC | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Management Grant |Yes |RDPE/FC1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Improvement Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Creation Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Closed schemes: | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Grant Scheme | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Annual Management Grant |No |FC | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |New Planting Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodland Improvement Grant |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Restocking Grant |No |FC | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Old Schemes | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Farm Woodland Scheme |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Farm Woodland Premium Scheme |Yes |RDPE | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dedication |No |FC | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other old schemes |No |FC | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Woodland Management Grant contracts for public access agreed since 1 January 2007 come from Forestry Commission (FC) budget, those prior to 1 January2007 from RDPE.| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------